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November 2. 2005
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Parents Urged to Set Goals for Kids
Free Jazz Concert
at George Fox
Carmen Bradford
W orld-renow n jazz vocalist
Carmen Bradford will perform a
free concert with local jazz art
ists, the George Fox U niversity
Jazz Band and Jazz C hoir Fri
day, Nov. 4 in Newberg.
The “Jazz Night” concert will
b eg in at 7 :3 0 p .m . at the
university’s Bauman A udito
rium.
B radford will perform with
th re e lo c a l a r tis ts : p ia n is t
R a n d y P o r te r , s tr in g b a s s
p lay er W ill A m end, and dru m
m er Ken O llis. She also w ill
jo in the Jazz B and to perform
fo u r c h a r ts : “ T h e m T h e re
E y e s ,” “ S w e e t G e o r g ia
B ro w n ,” “ M uddy W a te r,” and
"T he V ery T h ought o f Y ou.”
B radford has been a part o f
four G ram m y-w inning album s.
She w as the featu red vocalist
in the legen dary C ount B asie
O rch estra for nine years.
Bradford also has perform ed
and/or recorded with the fol
lowing legendary artists: Frank
Sinatra, Nancy W ilson, Herbie
H ancock, Lou Rawls, W ynton
M arsalis, Tony Bennett, Jam es
Brown, G eorge Benson, Doc
Severinsen, W illie Nelson, Lena
Horne, Regina Carter, Patti Aus
tin, The Lincoln Center Jazz O r
chestra, Joe W illiams, and many
others.
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Cosby talks
empowerment
and hope
(A P ) — Bill C osby is c h a l
lenging parents to set goals
fo r th eir children.
T he acto r and co m ed ian re
cently v isited C o m p to n H igh
S chool in Los A ngeles as part
o f a 15-city to u r he hopes w ill
bring a m essage o f hope and
self-im p ro v em en t to the black
com m unity.
“ S om ebody said ‘I ’m e ith e r
flip p in ’ burgers o r se llin ’ som e
d ru g s ,” ’ said C osby, ech o in g
a com m on co m p lain t o f young
people in poor com m u n ities.
"B ut people flip p in ’ burgers
nev er seem to say ‘I w ant to
be the m an ag er o f the b u rg er
p la c e .’”
C o s b y ’s m e s s a g e w a s
w arm ly receiv ed by m any, in
cluding L am iya P atrick, a 16-
year-old C om pton H igh School
sophom ore, w ho said the co-
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby stands with Jerome Gaines, 9,
and his sister Yohanna, 7, as he moderates a panel discus
sion dedicated to foster parents and grandparents raising
children. (AP photo)
m edian pro v ed an y o n e co uld
m ake som ething o f them selves
if they tried.
C o sb y , w ho grew up in a
p o o r P h ila d elp h ia n eig h b o r
hood, left high school in the
1 Oth g rade but w ent on to earn
a d o cto rate in ed u catio n and
to su cceed in m ovies, te le v i
sion and nig h tclu b s.
“ W e can relate in C om p to n
b ecau se th ere are a lot o f b ro
ken h o m e s .... It d o e sn ’t m ean
y o u c a n ’ t s u c c e e d ,” s a id
P atrick .
Som e, th o u g h , resen ted the
visit.
“T h e re ’s no reaso n fo r him
to co m e here and ju m p on
b lack m en w ho have been held
d ow n fo r y e a rs,” said D aim a
W hite, a 7 7 -y ear-o ld retired
n u rse and m o th er o f five.
L ast year, C o sb y created a
stir w hen he criticize d young
black p eo p le for the w ay they
speak, accusing them o f squan
d erin g the civil rig h ts ac co m
p lish m e n ts o f the 1950s and
1960s.
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Continuing a community tradition dating
back 31 years, the Veteran of All Wars
Parade and Planning Committee is making
preparations for the annual Veterans Day
Parade to be held Friday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m.
in northeast Portland’s Hollywood district.
Everyone in the community is invited to
attend the event featuring veterans of all ages.
The parade will begin at Northeast 40th Av
enue and Tillamook Street and conclude at 48th
and Sandy Boulevard near the Ross Holly
wood Chapel Veterans Memorial Flag pole.
Local Korean W ar veteran Jerry Wiley
has helped put on the parade for 30 years,
reminding all of us o f the great sacrifices
made to ensure freedom in America.
Now 67, he is a concerned about who will
step forward to assume leadership of this
annual event once he is no longer able to
answer the call to duty.
“It would be an honor if other vets in the
com m unity could step forward and get
involved to ensure this great tradition con
tinues,” Wiley said.
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